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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Past simple or past continuous for simultaneous actions

Dear teachers, can we use the following two structures interchangeably when we want to express two simultaneous actions?

I was watching TV while Jenny was cooking.
I watched TV while Jenny cooked.

Thanks!
  

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Yes.

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I think we cannot .With while,we use past continuous and past simple or two past actions in progress ( past continuous)
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anonymous Dear teachers, can we use the following two structures interchangeably when we want to express two simultaneous actions?
I was watching TV while Jenny was cooking.
I watched TV while Jenny cooked.
Thanks!

Yes.

CJ

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